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$200 a barrel oil would sure help....no more cheap flights from the sweatshops all over the world bringing us our 'cheap' goods.
Despite the damage $200/barrel oil would do to our economy, it would open up a whole new opportunity - manufacturing of goods! Heaven forbid, we start making our own stuff again and supporting the North American economy instead of becoming a continent full of people working and shopping at Walmart.